Isabel (CrossFit benchmark workout)

30 snatches (135 lb, 95 lb for women), for time. When CrossFit introduced Isabel in 2004 it called her Grace's best friend, and the two make a revealing pair. Where Grace asks how well you clean and jerk under fatigue, Isabel asks the same of the snatch, the more technical lift, so poor positions overhead or a slow turnover show up in the time far sooner. Most athletes are better served by a load they can snatch smoothly in quick singles than by the prescribed barbell lifted with a power-snatch scramble. Comparing your Isabel and Grace times at the same relative load shows whether the snatch is lagging.